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Camberley burst water main

However, temporary traffic lights have been enforced while South East Water continue to repair the pipe.

Paul Mann, Distribution Manager at South East Water, said: “Our specialist technicians have been working to repair the damaged section of the 12-inch water main which crosses the M3 at The Maultway, Camberley.

“The Maultway is now open and traffic lights are in place to safely guide motorists around the area where our team has been working.

"We anticipate these will be in place for a couple of days.

“We’re pleased to say the pipeline has now been repaired and we’d like to thank motorists and the local community for their patience and cooperation today.”

Muddy and flooded M3 southbound after burst water main in Camberley (Photo: Steve Porter)

The Maultway was closed in both directions between Sovereign Drive to the north and Upper Chobham Road roundabout to the south.

It reopened at around 6pm on Tuesday.

Steve Benton, Regional Network Manager at South East Water, said: “Our technicians worked extremely hard to re-route our water network quickly to make sure we restored water supplies to our customers as quickly as possible.

“This was done carefully to protect the water mains system against further bursts by releasing the water into the network slowly and in a controlled manner.

“Following this work, almost all properties in the area had water flowing from their tap by 10.30am.”

Flooding in the Maultway, Camberley, near the M3 bridge (Photo: AnnaG (@thegillards2003))

During the repair, the company’s contractor took around six hours to replace 10 metres of the affected water pipe which was completed by Tuesday evening and the water main was back in service at around 7.30pm last night.

The company’s contractor is back on site continuing to tidy up and restore the area to its original state.

Steve added: “I would like thank all of our customers affected by loss of water or low pressure for their patience and co-operation while the work to fix the burst water pipe took place and we are sorry for any disruption caused.

“I would also like to thank our staff and contractor for their speedy work to restore water supplies to our customers so quickly.”